People reported that Tebow had a special arbor and bench installed beside a lake, where he dropped to one knee for the proposal. Tebow told the magazine what he said to Nel-Peters as he gave her the ring: “This ring is internally flawless, just like you.”

"In some places, women get paid 75 percent of what men earn for doing the same job, working the same hours — and I do not believe that this is right," she said during the Miss Universe Q&A segment. "I think we should have equal work for equal pay for women all over the world.”

After a storied college football career at Florida, Tebow played three seasons in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and New York Jets from 2010-12 . He's currently playing minor-league baseball in the New York Mets' farm system and will begin the 2019 season at Class AAA Syracuse.